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DY Chandrachud, Imtiaz Ali, Shobhaa De among speakers at Dehradun Literature Festival 2025The seventh Dehradun Literature Festival, themed "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam: Voices of Unity," will feature prominent figures like former CJI D...
ET Soonicorns Summit 2025: Can India build its own ChatGPT or DeepSeek?From linguistic diversity to data infrastructure, Indian innovators are charting a unique path to homegrown AI models. But bridging gaps in...
Politics of day indulges in cherry-picking facts: Jaishankar on Tipu SultanExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar highlighted the complexities and nuanced perspectives of Tipu Sultan's history at the launch of Vikr...
Tipu Sultan a "very complex figure in history," says EAM S JaishankarExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar attended the launch of Vikram Sampath's book on Tipu Sultan, highlighting the ruler's resistance to ...
Eight scholars to receive research grant of Rs 15 lakh, instituted by historian Vikram SampathThe Foundation for a Historical and Cultural Research (FIHCR) led by historian Vikram Sampath introduces the Sir Jadunath Sarkar Fellowship...
Vistara cancels more than 45 flights as pilots report sick in massVistara faced pilot shortages leading to the cancellation of over 45 flights, causing passenger dissatisfaction. Pilots reportedly reported...
Legendary hero Lachit has got his due: Vikram SampathHistorian Vikram Sampath has hailed the manner in which the 400th birth anniversary of 17th century Ahom general Lachit Barphukan was celeb...
There would have been no Pakistan if Savarkar was PM: Uddhav Thackeray"I'd have called Nehru as Veer (brave) if he had survived jail for 14 minutes against Savarkar who stayed in prison for 14 long years," Tha...
Flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia to perform at an all-night music and dance concertOther participating artists include Magsaysay awardee TM Krishna, chitravina player Vidwan T Ravikiran. The event is non-ticketed and is op...
Reliving a lost voice: Singer Gauhar Jaan returns to enthrall BengaluruGauhar Jaan was the first Indian voice to be recorded on the gramophone back in 1902. She cut close to 600 records in 20 languages.
Bangalore lit fest finale: Blame games derail debate on intoleranceThe topic of discussion 'Are We Heading Toward an Intolerant India Today?' reached no real conclusion and the panelists taking political po...
'India's present scenario resembles McCarthy era in the US'Noted writer Shashi Deshpande, said the present scenario bore a "dreadful resemblance" to the McCarthy era in the US, when nobody was exemp...
B'lore Lit Fest: How language, class and ideology have come in way of liberal expressionHistorian Ramachandra Guha, who came forward to support the BLF, says that in today's day and age, politics and ideologies are inescapable
Bangalore Literature Festival has something for everyone: Shinie AntonyBLF Director speaks out about the controversy around the festival and how it has overcome lows to stand up this weekend.
- Writer and literary critic OL Nagabhushana Swamy joins BLF boycott fray
After Kannada poet Arif Raja and writer TK Dayanand, senior writer and literary critic OL Nagabhushana Swamy withdrew from the Bangalore Li...
Vikram Sampath steps down as the director of Bangalore Literature FestivalFollowing three Kannada writers - TK Dayanand, Airf Raja and OL Nagabhushana Swamy - boycotting the Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF) in ...
Writers boycott Bangalore Literature Festival over intolerance rowThis move comes in the wake of festival director and author Vikram Sampath's public stand against writers returning their awards and agains...
Awards launched: Intolerance to dominate this year's Bangalore Literature FestivalIntroduction of literary awards in three categories -fiction, nonfiction and literary achievement in Kannada -will be the other highlight.
Task team working on curriculum for heritage managementA task team is working towards creating a "worldclass curriculum" that will make heritage-management an academic discipline.
Bangalore Literature Festival is home-ward bound with a 'Look East' theme this yearBLF seeks to democratise literature with balanced representation of English and regional languages to encourage a new generation of readers...